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The crowd began to disperse; some went home to take care of their

families, some wandered off from the desire to breathe more

freely, after such a squeeze, and others sought their

acquaintances, to chat with them over the deeds of the day. The

other end of the street was also thinning, so that the detachment

of Spanish soldiers could without resistance advance near the

superintendent's house. In front of it there still remained, so

to speak, the dregs of the commotion; a company of the seditious,

who, discontented with "so lame and impotent a conclusion," of

that which promised so much, muttered curses at the

disappointment, and united themselves in knots to consult with

each other on the possibility of yet attempting something; and,

to afford themselves proof that this was in their power, they

attacked and pounded the poor door, which had been propped up

anew from within.